- cheerlessness, uncheerfulness - a feeling of dreary or pessimistic sadness
--1 is a kind of sadness, unhappiness
--1 has particulars: joylessness - uncheerfulness - not conducive to cheer or good spirits
--2 is a kind of attribute
--2 is a part of disposition, temperament
Antonyms: cheerfulness, cheer
--2 has particulars: gloominess, lugubriousness